CSRL-V: an ENDF/B-V 227-Group Cross Section Library for Criticality Safety Studies

Conference · Sun Jun 08 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5363057

Ford, III, W. E. ^[1]; Westfall, R. M. ^[1]; Diggs, B. R. ^[1]; Webster, C. C. ^[1]; Knight, J. R. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Union Carbine Nuclear Division

The AMPX system was used to generate a P₃ 227-neutron-group master cross-section library containing data for all materials in the ENDF/B-V general purpose file. CSRL-V is a data base for the subsequent generation of problem-dependent fine- and/or broad-group cross sections for shipping cask calculations and other criticality safety analyses. The problem-dependent data can be used with codes such as KENO IV, ANISN, XSDRNPM, VENTURE, DOT, MORSE, etc. CSRL-V data can be coupled with photon-production and photon-interaction multigroup data produced with the AMPX system to produce coupled neutron-gamma cross-section libraries. Consideration was given to the resonance structure of prominent nuclei, the thresholds of important reactions, and various fission spectra. Data in the CSRL-V library were checked for first-order consistencies and tested in performance parameter calculations for a series of benchmark critical experiments. The CSRL-V library is available on magnetic tape.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Union Carbine Nuclear Division
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USNRC, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5363057
• Report Number(s): CONF-800607--41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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654003* -- Radiation & Shielding Physics-- Neutron Interactions with Matter
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
AMPX Master Cross-Section Library
ANISN
CRITICALITY
CROSS SECTIONS
DOT
Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF)
Fission Spectra
Hansen-Roach Energy Structures
KENO IV
MORSE
MULTIGROUP THEORY
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY
NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
P3-APPROXIMATION
RADIATION TRANSPORT
SPHERICAL HARMONICS METHOD
TRANSPORT THEORY
VENTURE
XSDRNPM